Hinge for water-closet seats.



. PFAU.

HINGE FOR WATER CLOSET SEATS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.29, 19m.

Y il- Application lcd April 229,

l o uw w/iom t may concern.'

Be it knoivn that I, Gremlins PMU, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hinges for WaterCloset Seats, of which. the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in Water-closet seat construction;and the ob-Y ject is to provide a simple self-contained hinge whichwillv stand far back from the rear end of the seat, ivhereb)7 its metalparts are not exposed to contamination, thus guarding against corrosionand deterioraH tion of the metal parts as well as eliminating dangertothe occupant of the seat from lcontact with the contaminated metalparts.

The especial object is to provide a hinge having the abovecharacteristics well. suited for a. seat which comprises lxvro separateand distinct parts, which must be held in their proper spaced relationat the rear by the hinge structure, and which are usually held in properrelation to each other at the front by a suitable handle means. i

My invention consists in the parts and.

in the details of construction and arrange`Y ment of parts as willhereinafter be more fully described and claimed.

In the drawing: Figure 1 isa bottom plan view of a seat and its coverprovided with my improved hinge; and Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectionon the line 2-2 olf Fig. 1. V

In the construction illustrated to efemplify the use of my invention,the bowl 1,

Aof ordinary construction, has a seat ivhich comprises the tivo sidesections 2 and 3 spaced apart and connected together at the front bymeans of a handle 4l.

My improved hinge comprises the bifur cated members 5 which are securedto the seat sections Q and 3, respectively, near their rear ends. Thesemembers are pivotaiiy connected to a pintle G, as will be more liillydescribed. The seat is preferably provided With a lid or cover 7, whichis also pivotally connected to the `pintle 6 by means of a hinge plate 8having arms 9 and l0 with ears embracing the pintle between thebifurcated members but this lidl or cover may beomitted if desired, asit forms no part of y my invention, and the omission thereof Will haveno eect upon the conu Specification of Letters latent,

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struction or operation or the parts rbrii'iing my invent-ion. 'lfhebifurcations of the members einliirace the pintle G and flank the earsor projections lil ends of the posts ll., said i' ed on` 'the bovil l.and th sections in proper each other at the rear. tion of a member ifhas it i a closed end which lin' its pintle The handle "l i'ii'ovided'ivitl'i bellers i. the l'ii'liiircateil iii cil ed to the se' t i vidv.d with liiii'iers When the entire hinge' is as eiiib` connection.iiith the separate seat sections, the bifurcations of its ifieiiibersFi', 'flanking the posts l2 clos/Jini., serve to iiiaii'itain vthespacing of the seat, sections iiidependentlv ol any other element, suchi s the cover hinge plate 8, which, as before stated, may be pro- 1videdoi.' omitted desired. M; the same time. by i'naividingtlie'singlepii'itle 6 errtending `from one post to the other, and with its endsinelosed by `the closed ends i3 or' the oiiter bifurcations ci themembers the yion lle upper to .-h oiiter biiirei i' provided with end.play the n als "pintle (i eiiectivelv .ii'iaiiitains properalinesanitary, ifioi'ii the i'eiiioteiiess of its location jl'ion'i theregion ol the sfat iv'here it would be likely 'to be contaminated. Thesimple construction oi my iinpiioveiil. hinge also .makes it moreeeoiioinivzal to `produce and more readily assembled. I

Having fully described what 'i. claim new and desii..A Letters Pat-entis:

ik hinge 'for a water-closet si ing separate hinge ii'ien'ihers, cacl.`zo; i o a forward plate for a seat, and a pari: ith bilii'ir/ backamaterial distance from the plate, with transversely alined beafings in.i said bifurcations, posts, ti-respective one of which is 'receivedbetween the bifurcations of each. hinge member, with a. hearine alinediv' 'h the bearings of the i. e

invention., o secu re by rie extending through all of the bearings ofthe members having its bearing outwardly bifurcations and of the posteand forming c loeed against the gdjacent end of the pintle the pivotbetween the posts and theI hinge and thereby ijetpinmg the pintle inposition. members, said posts being adapted toy be CHARLES PFAU.

' rigidly attached to a lower fixed part of l Witnesses:

the Water-closet structure, and the laterally JAMES N. RAMSEY,` outwardbifurcations on each of said hinge FLQRENCE HAMMEL.

